LMS: 44 Homotopy Theory - Brossura

Crabb, M. C.

 
9780521280518: LMS: 44 Homotopy Theory

Sinossi

This account is a study of twofold symmetry in algebraic topology.

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Descrizione del libro

This account is a study of twofold symmetry in algebraic topology. The author discusses specifically the antipodal involution of a real vector bundle - multiplication by - I in each fibre; doubling and squaring operations; the symmetry of bilinear forms and Hermitian K-theory.

Contenuti

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Euler class and obstruction theory; 3. Spherical fibrations; 4. Stable cohomotopy; 5. Framed manifolds; A. Appendix: on the Hopf variant; 6. K-theory; 7. The image of J; 8. The Euler characteristic; 9. Topological Hermitian K-theory; 10. Algebraic Hermitian K-theory; B. Appendix: on the Hermitian J-homomorphism; Bibliography; Index.

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